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Distributed Database Systems
EXERCISES
1. Multiple choice questions:
(i) Which of the following statements is true?
a. Top-down approach is not suitable if the
database design starts from the beginning.
b. Bottom-up approach is suitable for the
database design that is designed from
the beginning.
c. Bottom-up approach deals with the inte-
gration of existing database systems.
d. None of these.
(ii) Which of the following is not a data
allocation strategy?
a. Partitioned
b. Centralized
c. Replication
d. None of these.
(iii) Which of the following refers to the fact that
the command used to perform a task is
independent of the location of ...